Comments on: Embracing the Web

By: Back to the future « We'll see | Matt Zimmerman

Back to the future « We'll see | Matt Zimmerman — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 15:43:14 +0000

[...] and imagination. This includes considering how we package and distribute software, how we adapt to technological shifts, and highlighting opportunities to cooperate with other open source [...]

By: Matt Zimmerman

Matt Zimmerman — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:00:13 +0000

That is not what this post was about, and I don’t want to (re)open that particular discussion here on my blog.

I do think that free web applications are important to the advancement of free software, and I also believe that profitable businesses can be built around them.

By: allenbeme

allenbeme — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:29:40 +0000

Good idea. What about free servers for these apps? free servers supporting all the languages and frameworks which make these apps so wonderful. If I host on my own server, what if I die, can no longer afford hosting. What becomes of my app?

By: KDE is a bunch of guitarists « Bobulate

KDE is a bunch of guitarists « Bobulate — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:05:36 +0000

[...] been via Glyn Moody’s endless twitter stream — I ran into Matt Zimmerman’s "Embracing the Web". Another "wait, what? we do that." To some extent, KDE’s project Silk aims to [...]

By: Jared Spurbeck

Jared Spurbeck — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:06:39 +0000

I agree, and I don't think this can be understated. Ubuntu One is neither open nor federated; it "breaks" the web and the Ubuntu experience. It's the kind of web service we need to get away from, and encourage people to make open and federated replacements for. Which I'm very much in favor of.

By: Corey Burger

Corey Burger — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:30:37 +0000

So does this mean you are going to be pushing for UbuntuOne server source code to be open sourced?

By: Steven Copley

Steven Copley — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:03:04 +0000

nuBuilder is a great FLOSS.

I think its ideal for creating the next generation of web-based back office applications -(sure I wrote it but we’ll happily offer a full money back guarantee to anyone that doesn’t like it)